Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers opens in Japanese theaters, a Christmas Eve dramedy following three homeless Tokyo residents who discover an abandoned baby and set out to find her parents.

Crystal Dynamics' Legacy of Kain: Defiance, the last chronological game in the series, was released on PlayStation 2 and Xbox in North America on 11 November 2003 (Windows 17 December), published by Eidos Interactive.

Ion Storm's Deus Ex: Invisible War, the sequel to Deus Ex, released on Windows and Xbox in North America on 2 December 2003 (Europe 5 March 2004), published by Eidos Interactive.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It is based on 1955's The Return of the King, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the film is the final instalment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Square Enix released the tactical RPG Front Mission 4 for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on 18 December 2003; it was Japan's top-selling game of Christmas 2003 with over 160,000 copies.

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In a futuristic world where the internet and cybernetics has blurred the borders between societies; the members of Public Security Section 9 are reinstated to assist in solving numerous cases of cyber crime.

Studio Pierrot airs Hikaru no Go: Hokuto Hai e no Michi, a one-episode television special following Hikaru Shindo through the preliminary rounds to select Japan's team for the Hokuto Cup junior tournament.

At Lillian Girls’ Academy, a renowned all-girls Catholic school, pairs of girls become soeurs, or “sisters”, in order to support and guide each other during their time at school.

Bones releases the direct-to-video Wolf's Rain OVA, a four-episode epilogue completing the wolves' search for the paradise Rakuen after the TV series' broadcast was cut short.

At the 46th Grammy Awards on 8 February 2004 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Beyoncé won five awards, OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below took Album of the Year and Evanescence won Best New Artist.

The direct-to-video Hunter x Hunter: Greed Island Final continues the Greed Island story arc, with Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck sharpening their Nen abilities under Biscuit Krueger's guidance as the deadly video-game world's Player Killers close in.

Embraer's first E190, PP-XMA, flew on 12 March 2004 from São José dos Campos, starting the flight-test campaign for the 98-108 seat stretch that JetBlue launched.

On 17 March 2004 LOT Polish Airlines flew SP-LDA from Warsaw to Vienna, the first commercial flight of any Embraer E-Jet, after delivery on 8 March and certification delays.

Home on the Range is a 2004 American animated western film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It reached US theaters on 2 April 2004.

Madhouse's Monster begins airing, a psychological thriller adapting Naoki Urasawa's manga about Dr. Kenzo Tenma's pursuit of Johan Liebert, the child he once saved who becomes a serial killer.

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IO Interactive's Hitman: Contracts was released on Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox on 20 April 2004 in North America (Europe 30 April), published by Eidos Interactive.

Boeing's board approved the formal launch of the 7E7, now the 787 Dreamliner, on the strength of a firm order for 50 jets from ANA, the largest launch order in history for a new Boeing commercial jet. Boeing put the deal at about US$6 billion at list prices.

Boeing, Air France and lessor ILFC celebrated the delivery of the first 777-300ER on 29 April 2004, the extended-range stretch that became the best-selling 777.

TMS Entertainment broadcasts a Detective Conan TV special previewing that summer's eighth film, in which Professor Agasa's new identity-matching program is turned on the phantom thief Kaitou Kid, only for Kid to hijack the broadcast himself.

The $265M Sands Macao opened as the city's first Las Vegas-style resort, ending Stanley Ho's 42-year gambling monopoly and starting Macau's transformation into the world's densest gaming hub.

Shrek 2 is a 2004 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon from a screenplay by Adamson, Joe Stillman, and the writing team of J. David Stem and David N. Weiss. Loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig, it is a direct sequel to Shrek (2001) and the second installment in the Shrek film series.

Manglobe's Samurai Champloo begins airing, a hip-hop-infused samurai adventure directed by Shinichiro Watanabe that follows wanderers Mugen and Jin escorting waitress Fuu as she searches for a mysterious 'sunflower samurai.'